Advertising device.



P. COMPTON.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED .IUNE 5. I9I6.

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ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led .Tune 5, 1.916. Serial No. 101,763?.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PAUL COMPTON, a citizen ofthe United States of America, a resident of the city of St. Louis, Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising De? vices, of which the vfollowing is a full, clear, andexact description, reference' being had to the accompanying drawing,forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an advertising device, particularly adapted foruse in stores by displaying the device in show windows, upon storecounters, places.

The preferred form ofthe'invention is a sign or display device, made ofrSheet material and adapted to be folded so as to occupy a very Smallspace when not in use.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a simple, inexpensiveand attractive advertising device of this kind comprising a plurality ofsections arranged one above the other, the lower section constituting asubstantial base or supporting element for the other members of thedevice.

Another object is to' provide an inexpensive means for retaining all ofthe foldable members in their unfolded condition.

Figure I is a front elevatio-n of my advertising device, showing' theparts unfolded. Fig. II is a top viewjof the device as it appears whenunfolded. Fig.- III is a rear view, on a smaller scale, of the deviceshownv in Figs. I and II. Fig. IV illustrates the device in its vfoldedcondition.

All of the elements of the device I have shown are made of a singlepiece of card-- board, or other sheet material.

A designates a substantially V-shaped display base section, comprising apair of diverging display board members l, hinged to each other at 2,the hinge being formed by folding or scoring the base section on thecentral line of the device.

B designates a foldable display upper section extending across the basesection and connecting the diverging board members l. The upper displaysection comprises a pair of display board members 3 and 3 hinged to eachother at 4. This hinge is formed by Scoring or folding the upper displaysection on the central line of the device. The hinges 2 and 4 areparallel with each other, but the or lother convenient axis of the hinge4 lies ina vertical plane at the rear of the' h-inge 2.

The diverging display board members of the base section are providedwith vertical extensions 5 and 5', and the upper display board members 3and 3T are hinged: to thel vertical edges of these extensions.

The hinge 6, at one of the vertical edges, may be formeel byv merelyscoring the cardboard blank at the junctions of the upper member 3 andthe extension 5, but to produce the device I have shown, it isnecessaryto remove some of the materiaal from the blank at a point between thevertical edge of the extension 5 and the adjacent edge of the boardmember 3. The upper member 3 is, therefore, provided with a flap 7(Figs. II and III), said fla-p being cemented to the extension 5", and ahinge 6 being formed by scoring the blank at the junction of the flap 7and the upper board member 3.

Then the device is unfolded, the upper display section B extendsvin astraight line across the base section A, as shown most clearly in Fig.II, the Straight upper section being in a vertical plane at the rear ofthe apex of the base section. In folding the device, the divergingmembers l of the base section are moved toward each other, asindicatedby arrows in Fig.. II, and during this movement, the members 3 and 3 ofthe upper section are moved toward each other on the axis of thevertical hinge'4, at the same time turning on the axes of the hinges 6and 6. When the article is folded to the condition shown in Fig. IV, itis absolutely fiat, and its thickness is equal to about twice thethickness of the sheet material. When unfolded, the V-shaped basesection constitutes a substantial support for the straight uppersection, and the two sections are combined with each other to produce aneat and attractive advertising sign.

To retain all of the elements in their unfolded positions, the upperdisplay section is provided with a retaining flap F, said flap beinghinged to the lower edges of the upper sections 3 and 3', and the axisof its hinge being at a right angle to the axis of the vertical hinge 4.When the retaining flap F is folded backwardly, to the position shown inFigs. II and III, it prevents the upper members 3 and 3 from turning onVtheir hinge 4,

and since all of the other foldable elements j are secured to theseupper members, it Will be apparent that the retaining flap F Willrigidly secure all of the elements in their unfolded positions.

I claim l. In a foldable device of the character described, abasesection provided with diverging board members, said diverging boardmembers being hinged together and having rear vertical extensions, andan upper board section extending across said base section, the verticalextensions of the diverging board members of the base section beinghinged to said upper board section.

2. In a olda-ble device of the character described, a substantiallyV-shaped base display section comprisinga pair of board members hingedto each other at the front of the device, and an upper display sectionextending across said substantially V-shaped base section and hinged toeach of said board members, said upper section comprising a pair ofboard members "hinged together at a point to the rear of the apex of thebase section.

3. In a device of the character described,

a foldable base section comprising diverging board members, a oldableupper section extending across said base section, said upper sectioncomprising board members hinged to each other and secured to thediverging board members of the base section, and means for preventingthe board members of the upper section from turning on their hinge,thereby retaining all of said board members in their unfolded positions.

4L. In a foldable device of the character described, a base section, anupper section supported by said base section, said upper sectionincluding board members hinged to each other; and a retaining iiaphinged to said board members, said retaining flap being adapted to lieat an angle to the axis of the hinge of the board members so as toretain the device in it-s unfolded condition.

5. In a device of the character described, a foldable base sectioncomprising diverging board members, a foldable upper section extendingacross said base section, said upper section comprising board membershinged to each other and secured to the diverging board members of thebase section, and means for preventing the board members of the uppersection from turning on their hinge, thereby retaining all of said boardmembers in their unfolded positions, said means including a flap securedto said upper section at points on opposite sides of the axis of thelast mentioned hinge and adapted to lie at an angle to said axis.

G. In a foldable advertising sign of the character described, a V-shapedbase section comprising a pair of diverging board members hinged to eachother at the apex oit the base section, an upper section extendingacross said V-shaped base section, the diverging board members of thebase section being provided With vertical extensions and the uppersection being hinged to the vertical edges of said extensions, saidupper section comprising a pair of upper board members hinged to eachother at the center line oi the device at a point to the rear of theapex of the V-shaped lovver section, and a foldable retaining iap hingedto the lower portions of the pair of upper board members in the plane ofthe axis of the hinge uniting said upper members, said retaining iiapbeing oldable backvvardly to lie at an angle to the axis of the lastmentioned hinge so as to secure all of said members in their unfoldedpositions.

PAUL COMPTON.

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